A group of sandhill cranes prepare for landing at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico.

Camera NIKON D600

Focal Length 500mm

Aperture f/6.3

Shutter Speed 1/800s

ISO 200

Lens 200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6

On a cold December morning, the sun briefly peaks through the cloud layer of a snowstorm. Photo taken in Colorado National Monument, looking toward the city of Grand Junction in the distance.

Camera NIKON D600

Focal Length 20mm

Aperture f/14

Shutter Speed 1/5s

ISO 100

Lens 20.0 mm f/2.8

July sunset at Walden Ponds natural area, Boulder, Colorado.

Camera NIKON D600

Focal Length 35mm

Aperture f/16

Shutter Speed 1/5s

ISO 100

Lens 24.0-85.0 mm f/2.8-4.0

Autumn view of turning aspen trees. Twin Lakes, Colorado.

Camera NIKON D600

Focal Length 42mm

Aperture f/13

Shutter Speed 1/125s

ISO 100

Lens 24.0-85.0 mm f/2.8-4.0

The Maroon Bells catch the morning light, near Aspen, Colorado.

Camera NIKON D600

Focal Length 38mm

Aperture f/8

Shutter Speed 1/15s

ISO 100

Lens 24.0-85.0 mm f/2.8-4.0

A solo hiker shares an expanse of Sand Dunes National Park with no others.

Camera NEX-7

Shutter Speed 1/1600s

ISO 100

Around sunset on a clear day, the foothills and Rocky Mountains cast a warm glow. View from near Boulder, Colorado, looking west.

Camera NEX-7

Shutter Speed 1/1250s

ISO 100

Lens Nikon 50/2.8

A cloudy view of the mountains as seen from Aspen, Colorado, looking toward Mount Sopris.

Camera NIKON D600

Focal Length 85mm

Aperture f/14

Shutter Speed 1/80s

ISO 100

Lens 24.0-85.0 mm f/2.8-4.0

A summer storm passes by Aspen Highlands ski area in Colorado near sunset, revealing some stunning light layers.

Camera NIKON D600

Focal Length 85mm

Aperture f/9

Shutter Speed 1/50s

ISO 100

Lens 24.0-85.0 mm f/2.8-4.0

A massive combine harvester bears down on a field of barley near Bozeman, Montana, around sunset. The seeds are destined for a giant brewing client. This is what the early stage of manufacturing beer looks like.

Camera NEX-7

Focal Length 16mm

Aperture f/5.6

Shutter Speed 1/250s

ISO 200

Cloud formations along the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, on a calm-water day.

A lenticular cloud over the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, seen from near Boulder, obscures the sun for a few moments.

Camera NEX-7

Focal Length 18mm

Aperture f/6.3

Shutter Speed 1/1600s

ISO 100

Looking toward the sunset on a hike east of Boulder, Colorado.

Camera NEX-7

Focal Length 16mm

Aperture f/5

Shutter Speed 1/1000s

ISO 200

Lamar Valley in the northern section of Yellowstone National Park, on a chilly late-December morning shortly after sunrise.

Camera NEX-7

Focal Length 44.2mm

Aperture f/6.3

Shutter Speed 1/3200s

ISO 100

Camera NEX-7

Focal Length 16mm

Aperture f/2.8

Shutter Speed 1/3200s

ISO 100

A pair of Columbines, Colorado's official state flower, spotted on The Crags trail near Pikes Peak.

Camera NEX-7

Focal Length 16mm

Aperture f/2.8

Shutter Speed 1/320s

ISO 200

Saguaro cactus make great homes for desert birds. At dusk, these two neighbors take in the view. Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

Camera NEX-7

Focal Length 190.8mm

Aperture f/6.3

Shutter Speed 1/320s

ISO 100

A large thermal pool in the Norris Springs area of Yellowstone National Park gives off steam on a cold December day. The area's many pools and geysers are heated by groundwater above a giant pool of magma 3 miles below.

Camera NEX-7

Focal Length 42.5mm

Aperture f/6.3

Shutter Speed 1/400s

ISO 200

A February scene during a snowstorm, above Boulder, Colorado, on Flagstaff Mountain. Lost Gulch Overlook.